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Bill, ...

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Bill, Jim, and Scott were at a convention together and were 1. _____ (sharing/shared) a large suite on the top of a 75 story sky scraper. After a long day of meetings they were 2. _____ (shocking/shocked) to hear that the elevators in their hotel were 3. _____  (broke/broken) and they would have 4. _____  (climbed/to climb) 75 Flights of stairs to get to their room. Bill said to Jim and Scott, let's break the monotony of this unpleasant task by 5. _____  (concentrate/concentrating) on something interesting. I'll tell jokes for 25 flights, and Jim can sing songs for 25 flights, and Scott can tell sad stories the rest of the way. At the 26th floor Bill stopped 6. _____  (telling/ to tell) jokes and Jim 7. _____  (began/begun) to sing. At the 51st floor Jim stopped singing and Scott began 8._____  (telling/to tell) sad stories. "I will tell my saddest story first," he said. "I left the room key in the car!"

Number 3

A. Asarotun · Accepted Answer

Jawaban : broken

Pembahasan :
Soal meminta untuk melengkapi kalimat nomor 3 dengan memilih kata yang terdapat di dalam kurung.

Kalimat soal adalah "After a long day of meetings they were shocked to hear that the elevators in their hotel were 3. _____ (broke/broken) and they would have 4. _____ (climbed/to climb) 75 Flights of stairs to get to their room". (Setelah seharian rapat, mereka terkejut mendengar bahwa lift di hotel mereka 3. _____ (merusak/rusak) dan mereka akan memiliki 4. _____ (naik/naik) 75 Anak tangga untuk sampai ke kamar mereka.)

Kalimat rumpang nomor 3 merupakan kalimat nominal karena tidak terdapat kata kerja melainkan to be 'were'. Sehingga bagian rumpang perlu diisi dengan kata sifat. Kata sifat dapat dibentuk dengan kata kerja bentuk ketiga atau V3.  Kata kerja yang merupakan V3 adalah 'broken'.

Rumus : S + was/were + O/C.

Kalimat lengkapnya menjadi "After a long day of meetings they were shocked to hear that the elevators in their hotel were broken and they would have 4. _____ (climbed/to climb) 75 Flights of stairs to get to their room". (Setelah seharian rapat, mereka terkejut mendengar bahwa lift di hotel mereka rusak dan mereka akan memiliki 4. _____ (naik/naik) 75 Anak tangga untuk sampai ke kamar mereka.)

Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah : broken

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